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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 7 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the arm. Fracture of ulna. Dislocation of radius. Abscesses. ?Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Arm); Abscess; Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few months before admission this child was knocked down by one of Pickfords vans, one of the wheels passing over the left arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 July 1876
Date of death: 13 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the viscera. Softening of bones. Pressure on spinal cord.
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Systemic); Softening (Bones); Pressure (Spinal Cord)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient's right breast was removed two and a half years before admission by Mr Rouse, and two other small tumours subsequently removed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, spinal cord and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1876
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was not admitted into the wards as he was brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1860
Date of death: 2 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Angular curvature of the spine. Caries of sacrum
Disease (standardised): Spinal curvature (Spine); Caries (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from weakness of the back for four years before her admission. About 18 months before admission she noticed projection of the spine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 1 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatic arthritis of hip. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Hip); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man stated that 4 months before his admission he was pushing a carriage into a coach house, when he felt something give way in his left knee. The following morning the left hip was […] swollen, & the thigh became perfectly black, as if from a severe bruise’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip joint

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1882
Date of death: 26 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Caries and necrosis of temporal bone
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Necrosis (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: This child was admitted with a history of an abscess having formed over the left mastoid process of the temporal bone, which had been lanced and the matter evacuated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1893
Date of death: 20 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)

Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man fell off the van he was driving and was run over by it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, spinal column, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, abdomen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales, kidneys, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1861
Date of death: 21 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of the brain. Fractured ribs and pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The man shortly before admission fell twenty feet of a scaffold onto the ground, with bricks and pieces of wood falling with him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1876
Date of death: 6 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Hip disease. Amyloid liver and kidney.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Amyloidosis (Liver, Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Four years before admission the patient noticed pain in left knee which swelled. A year after he felt pain in the corresponding hip which grew worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, stomach and hip
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1861
Date of death: 24 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the skull, with depression. ? Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted having fallen off a scaffold, some bricks falling with him, and striking the right side of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1884
Date of death: 12 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of left femur below great trochanter. Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This man sustained a fracture about the neck of his femur by slipping on a piece of orange peel and falling on his side. Whilst in the hospital he had an attack of delirium tremens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and femur
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1879
Date of death: 26 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1850
Date of death: 2 May 1850
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the spine
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: Four years before this patient was admitted into the Hospital, he fell down stairs, striking her back violently.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis, spine and spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1861
Date of death: 16 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Dislocation of cervical vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was carrying a sack of flour down stairs when he slipped and fell upon his neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1878
Date of death: 24 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fractured tibia and fibula. Gangrene of foot
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Gangrene (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1879
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain. Inflammation of mastoid cells. Cirrhosis. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Inflammation (Skull); Cirrhosis (Liver); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Three years before admission a scaly eruption appeared all over the body. Under treatment it disappeared, but was followed by loss of hair, headache and pains in the limbs. Two years later he had ulcerated legs and severe sore throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mastoid region, dura mater, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ladies maid
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1882
Date of death: 3 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of spleen and liver. Fracture of ribs
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Spleen); Rupture (Liver); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was admitted collapsed and moribund and died very shortly afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, chest and lungs
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1884
Date of death: 3 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Caries of dorsal and lumbar vertebra. Ulceration into aorta. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Ulcer (Arteries); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The man was first seen at the hospital complaining of lumbar pain and swelling. It appeared probable that his general condition depended upon the state of his lungs than upon the lumbar swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bone
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1876
Date of death: 4 Jan 1876
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs. Rupture of lungs. Fracture of pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Rupture (Lung); Fracture (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was found at the entrance of a tunnel on the underground railway.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Ankle joints, lungs, pelvis, abdomen, heart and vessels
Type of incident: Suicide?

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1860
Date of death: 9 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A short time before admission this man was working (on the new bridge for the railroad at Pimlico) when one of the iron girders gave way & he fell 30 feet into a dam. On admission he was very violent, but insensible to external objects. He was sensible of pain, but did not appear to hear anything’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860
Date of death: 7 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Acute periosteal abscess of the tibia. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Two years before admission this boy fell down & struck his left knee on a stone. He had synovial inflammation, which in a few weeks got well by blistering [..] since that time he had been subject to pain in the joint, but had never laid up for it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Ostler
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Feb 1861
Date of death: 2 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Bronchitis. Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from Bronchitis for some years. His health was much injured from gin drinking and before his admission he fell down stairs and fractured a considerable number of ribs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1883
Date of death: 17 Feb 1883
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Fracture of spinous process of 7th dorsal vertebra. Softening of mid dorsal part of cord.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Fracture (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This patient fell backwards a distance of about eight feet from a flight of steps.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Traveller
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1880
Date of death: 20 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1850
Date of death: 6 Apr 1850
Disease (transcribed): Compound , comminuted fracture of the leg, and purulent deposits
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: On the day before admission he was walking and a stick which he had in his hand got between his legs and threw him down twisting his left leg under him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity
Type of incident: n/a